Village of Tennessee
In March, 1854, Tennessee township, was selected by L. C. Bacon, T. K. Waddill and S. Cockerham as a site upon which to establish the village of Tennessee. Work along…
Read MoreVillage of Blandinsville
Blandinsville is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, 16 miles northwest of Macomb. The town is named for Joseph L. Blandin, owner of the first general store, whom, with his parents he…
Read MoreNew Philadelphia, IL – Mound Township
New Philadelphia was laid out in 1857 by Lloyd Thomas when the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad first surveyed to pass through that area. When the railroad was eventually run a…
Read MoreWalnut Grove, IL
The unincorporated community of Walnut Grove township was laid out in 1870 by County Surveyor Wm. J. Edie. It lays seven miles northwest of Bushnell in McDonough County along what…
Read MoreColmar, IL
Colmar is an unincorporated community in Lamoine Township, McDonough County, Illinois that is located on Illinois Route 61, 4 miles north-northeast of Plymouth. Colmar and the Lamoine Township has a robust Amish community and you can often see it’s…
Read MoreVillage of Bardolph
Bardolph is located in the central northeast section of McDonough County, 6 miles northeast of Macomb and 5 miles southwest of Bushnell. The village was originally laid out on August 3,…
Read MoreAdair, IL
Adair was laid out in August 1870 under the name of “Reedyville;” though the name has never been officially changed, the location is known as Adair because that name was…
Read MoreVillage of Sciota
The village of Sciota was laid out in September 1867 by William B. Clarke and was called Clarkesville in his honor. Another town in Illinois already had been named Clarksville…
Read MoreVillage of Prairie City
Prairie City is a village in McDonough County, Illinois. It is the birthplace of well know cartoonist and comic strip writer Charles Kuhn who was creator of the popular Grandma…
Read MoreVillage of Fandon
Fandon is an unincorporated community in Chalmers Township, McDonough County, Illinois. The community is also known as Middletown. The nearest city to Fandon is Colchester. Fandon was established in 1837…
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